Kellochloa verrucosa (Muhlenberg) Lizarazu, M.V. Nicola, & Scataglini. Common name: Warty Panic Grass. Phenology: Apr-Nov. Habitat: Seasonally flooded depression meadows, wet pinelands, marshes, shores, ditches. Distribution: MA and PA west to MI and IN, south to FL and se. TX.
ID notes: Spikelets deep green, the warty surface separating this species and K. brachyantha from Panicum (sensu lato) in our region.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Other Comments: Collected from McNairy County, TN (Breeden 722).
Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, K4, NY, Nicola, Lizarazu, & Scataglini (2015); = Panicum verrucosum Muhl. — Ar, C, ETx1, F, FNA25, G, GW1, HC, Il, Mi, Pa, RAB, S, SFla, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, Lelong (1986). Basionym: Panicum verrucosum Muhl. 1817
Links to other floras: = Panicum verrucosum - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (name change)
- Great Plains: FACW (name change)
- Midwest: FACW (name change)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (name change)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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